We arrived into the Pelsaert Group an hour after daylight and sailed, then motored down into the lagoon to tuck in behind Pelsaert Island itself. There were a few moorings free, so we took one. It is very comfortable in NE to S winds here, but a bit more fetch for anything from the west. There are lots of boats here. Way more than in Stark bay at Rottnest. A few look like they’re out from Geraldton for the weekend (last weekend of the school holidays too) - so maybe it’ll calm down a bit on Monday? We hope so.

The day was spent mostly recovering. We caught up on a few jobs, started another homebrew batch, decided batch 1 of the ginger beer was not good (made without proper yeast so we expected that), did some laundry and snoozed.

Food has mainly been tuna. We couldn’t get it all in the freezer, so we have quite a bit we need to eat before anything else. We may try preserving some under oil (a technique used in one of Nina’s previous restaurants) and also smoking some too. We had some lovely raw tuna for lunch, and seared some for tea. We’re definitely spoilt having a chef onboard!

Today we’ll go and explore the lagoon a bit and maybe find some crays. Thats the dream anyway....